In Saturday’s 3-1 loss against the Calgary Flames, the Vancouver Canucks were two defencemen short, as Ben Hutton and Chris Tanev were out with injuries. As a result, head coach Willie Desjardins was forced to play with just five D-men, allowing him to dress Anton Rodin as a 13th forward.
Through 60 minutes, Rodin did not get a single shift. Desjardins explained the situation this morning, saying Rodin still wasn’t 100 percent healthy: “Rodin banged up his knee the night before. He wasn’t 100 percent good.”
But is it the truth?